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Cross- National Organizations

Asian Development Bank - Environment. The work of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is aimed at improving the welfare of the people in Asia and the Pacific, particularly the 1.9 billion who live on less than $2 a day. http://www.adb.org/Environment/default.asp

European Commission (EC). The EC is the European Union's governing body. Its four main roles are to propose legislation to Parliament and the Council, administer and implement Community policies, enforce Community law (jointly with the Court of Justice) and negotiate certain international agreements.

Inter-American Development Bank - Environmental Management, Law, and Economics. The Environment Division of the Inter-American Development Bank shapes Bank policies and strategies, ensuring that projects fulfill IDB environmental objectives, prepares and disseminates technical studies, and provides guidance on environmental impact assessments and good practices in environmental management and project analysis. http://www.iadb.org/sds/env/site_186_e.htm

Nordic Council - Environment. The Nordic Council, formed in 1952, is the forum for inter-parliamentary co-operation among 87 members, representing the five countries and three autonomous territories. http://www.norden.org/miljoe/uk/index.asp

 North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation. The North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC) is the environmental side agreement to the NAFTA. The NAAEC was signed by Canada, Mexico and the United States and came into force January 1, 1994.

Organization Of American States - Sustainable Development and Environment. The primary function of OSDE is to support the OAS member states in matters related to sustainable development and the environment, with a particular emphasis in linking environmental policies with core economic, rural development, poverty alleviation and economic integration concerns. http://www.oas.org/main/main.asp?sLang=E&sLink=http://www.oas.org/key_issues/eng

Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)

United Nations

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National Governments

Argentina - Secretaria de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable.  http://www.ambiente.gov.ar/  [in Spanish]

Asia - Environmental Information Network for Asia and the Pacific (ECO NET). ECO NET is a data bank of environmental information on 22 countries in the Asia Pacific Region, created by the Environment Congress for Asia and the Pacific with the aim to support sustainable development in the region by information sharing and dissemination.
http://www.ecoasia.org/

Australia

Austria

Brazil - Environment Ministry (MMA). http://www.mma.gov.br/  [in Portuguese]

Canada

China - State Environmental Protection Administration. This site describes environmental news and provides information on laws and regulations. http://english.sepa.gov.cn/ 

Czech Republic - Ministry of the Environment. The site provides information on state environmental policy and regulations. http://www.env.cz/AIS/web-en.nsf/

Denmark - Danish Environmental Protection Agency. This agency prevents and combats water, soil, and air pollution. It reports to the Danish Ministry of the Environment and has approximately 300 employees. http://glwww.mst.dk/homepage/

Ecuador – Ministerio del Ambiente. http://www.ambiente.gov.ec/ [in Spanish]

Egypt - Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency. The Agency is part of the Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs. http://www.eeaa.gov.eg/English/main/about.asp

Estonia - Ministry of the Environment. The page provides useful links to information on environmental protection in Estonia. http://www.envir.ee/index.aw/set_lang_id=2

Finland - Environmental Administration - Wastes and Waste Management. Finland's environmental administration promotes ecological sustainability and the economic and social and cultural preconditions for achieving this sustainability. The Ministry of the Environment has overall responsibility for the environmental administration, including: 13 regional environment centers, 3 regional environmental permit authorities, and the Finnish Environment Institute. http://www.environment.fi/default.asp?contentid=92944&lan=EN

France

Germany

Greece - Ministry of Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works. The Ministry is responsible for developing and managing environmental policy in order to achieve integrated and sustainable development. http://www.minenv.gr/4/41/e4100.html

Guatemala – Ministerio de Ambiente y Recursos Naturales de Guatemala. http://www.marn.gob.gt [in Spanish]

Hong Kong - Environmental Protection Department. Under the Secretary for the environment, transport, and works, EPD had five divisions responsible for seven program areas - air, community relations, environmental assessment and planning, noise, water, waste and waste facilities - plus enforcement. http://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/eindex.html

Hungary - Ministry of Environment and Water.  This ministry is Hungary’s central governing body for environment and nature protection and water affairs. http://www.ktm.hu/index.php?lang=2

India - Ministry of Environment and Forests. The Ministry of Environment and Forests is the nodal agency in the administrative structure of the Central Government for planning, promotion, co-ordination and overseeing the implementation of environmental and forestry programs. http://envfor.nic.in/

Ireland - Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA is an independent public body managed by a full time Executive Board and organized into five offices.
http://www.epa.ie/

Israel - Ministry of Environmental Protection. This site describes environmental policy, laws, and regulation in Israel. http://sviva.gov.il/bin/en.jsp?enPage=e_HomePage

Italy

Japan

Kenya - Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources. The mission of the Ministry is to “Develop, Conserve, Protect and sustainably manage the Environment and Natural Resources for National Development.” http://www.environment.go.ke/

Korea - Ministry of Environment. The primary government agency responsible for the overall protection of Korea's environment, the Ministry of Environment works to improve the ambient environment, harmonize environmental and economic policymaking, and enhance international cooperation. http://eng.me.go.kr/docs/index.html

Latvia – Ministry of the Environment. The Ministry develops and implements national policy for environmental protection http://www.vidm.gov.lv/eng/

Mexico -Secretariat Of Environment And Natural Resources (SEMARNAT). The Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (Secretaría del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, SEMARNAT) is a government agency whose main purpose is to create a State environmental protection policy that reverses the tendencies of ecological deterioration and establishes the bases for sustainable development.
http://www.semarnat.gob.mx/ - in Spanish Only

Netherlands

New Zealand

Norway

Pakistan - Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency. The Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency is a department of the Ministry of Environment and responsible for implementing the 1997 Pakistan Environmental Protection Act. http://www.environment.gov.pk/

Panama – Autoridad Nacionale del Ambiente http://www.anam.gob.pa/ [in Spanish]

Peru – Consejo Nacionale del Ambiente

Philippines – Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The Department is the primary agency responsible for the conservation, management, development, and proper use of the country’s environment and natural resources. http://www.denr.gov.ph/

Poland - Ministry of the Environment. The Ministry Web site provides information including laws, access to numerous publications, and useful links. http://www.mos.gov.pl/index_main.shtml

Scotland - Scottish Environment Protection Agency. Established in 1995, SEPA is responsible for environmental protection in Scotland. http://www.sepa.org.uk/

Singapore – Ministry of Environment and Water Resources (MEWR). MEWR aims to achieve environmental sustainability in the long term.http://app.mewr.gov.sg/home.asp?id=M1

South Africa - Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism. The Department's goals include sustainable development and resource conservation. http://www.environment.gov.za/

Sweden

Switzerland - Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN).  The FOEN is the federal government’s center of environmental expertise and is part of the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communication. http://www.bafu.admin.ch/index.html?lang=en

Taiwan - Environmental Protection Administration. The EPA implements control measures, prevents pollution, and supports international environmental initiatives to achieve sustainable development. http://210.69.101.9/en/

Thailand - Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment - Pollution Control Department. The Pollution Control Department was established on June 4, 1992 under the Royal Decree on the Organizational Division of Pollution Control Department, Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment. http://www.pcd.go.th/indexEng.cfm

United Arab Emirates – Ministry of Environment and Water. The organization’s mission is to work for an integrated management to attain a sustainable development. http://www.moew.gov.ae/min/index.jsp?lang=en

United Kingdom

United States

Uruguay – Ministerio de Vivienda Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente. http://www.mvotma.gub.uy/ [in Spanish]

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News Services

EURactive. EURactive provides European Union news and policy positions on the environment and a wide range of topics. Environmental topics are organized under policy headings of priority importance to the EU. http://www.euractiv.com/en/environment

Europa News. The "EU News" page provides access to the press releases of nearly all EU institutions as soon as they are published. It also provides a calendar function identifying forthcoming events from the EU political agenda. http://www.europa.eu.int/news/index_en.htm

Waste Disposal News. Waste Disposal News is a daily service of the World News Network and covers a wide range of both international and domestic articles related to waste. http://www.wastedisposal.com/

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Associations

Global Ecolabelling Network. The Global Ecolabelling Network (GEN) is a non-profit association of third-party, environmental performance labelling organizations founded in 1994 to improve, promote, and develop the "ecolabelling" of products and services. http://www.gen.gr.jp/genews.html

International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI). ICLEI is a democratic local government association governed by its members. It conducts activities on environmental themes defined by Agenda 21, including: sustainable procurement and soil and land use. http://www.iclei.org/europe/la21/index.htm

International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE). ISIE promotes industrial ecology as an innovative way of finding solutions to complicated environmental problems and facilitates communications among parties concerned with integrating environmental and economic concerns. http://www.yale.edu/isie/

International Solid Waste Association (ISWA). ISWA is an international, independent and non-profit making association working in the public interest to promote and develop sustainable waste management worldwide. ISWA has members from more than 70 countries around the world. http://iswa.org/

World Business Council for Sustainable Development. The WBCSD is a coalition of 170 international companies united by a shared commitment to sustainable development via the three pillars of economic growth, ecological balance and social progress. Members are drawn from more than 35 countries and 20 major industrial sectors. http://www.wbcsd.org/templates/TemplateWBCSD5/layout.asp?MenuID=1

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Selected Research Organizations and Projects

Organizations

Canadian Centre for Pollution Prevention. The Canadian Centre for Pollution Prevention (C2P2) encourages actions that avoid or minimize the creation of pollution and waste – pollution prevention (P2) – actions that foster a healthier environment and a sustainable society. It is a non-profit, non-government organization. http://www.c2p2online.com

Columbia University - Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN). CIESIN applies state-of-the-art information technology to pressing interdisciplinary data, information, and research problems related to human interactions in the environment. http://www.ciesin.org/sub_guide.html

INFORM. INFORM is an independent research organization that studies the influence of innovative business practices, e.g., related to waste prevention, on the environment and human health. http://www.informinc.org/

Institutes for International and European Environmental Policy. Institutes for European Environmental Policy conduct applied environmental research, policy analysis and consultancy activities.

International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD). Founded in 1990, IISD promotes change towards sustainable development. Through research and through effective communication of findings, the organization works with government, business, NGOs and other sectors to develop and implement policies that are simultaneously beneficial to the global economy, the global environment and to social well-being. http://www.iisd.org/

University of Iowa - Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research - Environmental Agencies and Organizations. http://www.cgrer.uiowa.edu/servers/servers_envorgs.html

Waste Centre Denmark - Waste Information. The site provides information on the activities within the country and the EU. http://www.wasteinfo.dk/

World Resources Institute (WRI). WRI is an independent nonprofit organization with a staff of more than 100 scientists, economists, policy experts, business analysts, statistical analysts, mapmakers, and communicators working to protect the Earth. http://www.wri.org/index.html

Zero Waste - Grass Root Recycling Network (GRRN). The mission of GRRN is to eliminate the waste of natural and human resources - to achieve Zero Waste - and to build sustainable communities. http://www.grrn.org/zerowaste/zw_world.html

Projects

American University, Washington College of Law - International Environmental Law and Policy. This web-based resource document provides background information on concepts and principles used in environmental law and policy. http://www.wcl.american.edu/environment/iel/seven.cfm

Center for Economic and Social Studies on the Environment (CESSE) - Virtual Library on Sustainable Development. This extensive set of links is maintained by CESSE in Brussels. CESSE is made up of a multi-disciplinary research team which devotes its activities to the quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the interactions between the economy and the environment. http://www.ulb.ac.be/ceese/meta/sustvl.html

ECOLEX. ECOLEX is a database that provides comprehensive information on environmental law internationally. It is operated jointly by FAO. IUCN, AND ENEP. http://www.ecolex.org/index.php

European Chemical Industries Council - Reach Chemicals Policy Review. The site provides information from an industry perspective on the proposed REACH Directive, along with links to many organizations in Europe. http://www.chemicalspolicyreview.org/index2.html

Global Dialogue of Governments on Mining/Metals And Sustainable Development. The overarching objective of this effort, announced at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg and co-sponsored by South Africa, Canada, and others, is to enhance the capacity for governance in the mining, minerals and metals sector. http://www.globaldialogue.info/

Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP). GTAP aims to improve the quality of quantitative analysis of global economic issues within an economy-wide framework.  It is coordinated by the Center for Global Trade Analysis at Purdue University. https://www.gtap.agecon.purdue.edu/

International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (iNEMI). iNEMI is a consortium whose mission is to assure leadership of the global electronics manufacturing supply chain. http://www.inemi.org/cms/projects/ese/lf_hottopics.html

SEDAC- Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators (ENTRI). ENRI is an online service for accessing information about environmental treaties ,including text, status, and other useful information. http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/entri/index.jsp

Tufts - Fletcher School - Fletcher-Ginn Multilaterals Project. The project makes available a wide range of texts of multilateral international conventions and other instruments. http://fletcher.tufts.edu/multilaterals.html

University of Massachusetts - Lowell Center for Sustainable Production - Chemical Policy Initiative. The Lowell Center for Sustainable Production's Chemicals Policy Initiative aims to inform and stimulate discussions leading to implementation of long term integrated government and industry chemicals management policy at the local, state, regional, and federal levels in the United States, as well as internationally. http://www.sustainableproduction.org/proj.chem.abou.shtml

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Selected Agreements and Policies

Basel Convention - United Nations. The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and their Disposal was adopted in 1989 and entered force in1992. The US. is not a signatory, but participates in many Basel activities. End of Life Vehicles Directive - EU. Dating to September 2002, the End-of-Life- Vehicles Directive is intended to prevent waste and promote the appropriate collections, reuse, and disposal of component vehicle parts. http://www.europa.eu.int/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l21225.htm

Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Directive (IPPC) - EU. The IPPC Directive of 1996 sets out common, integrating rules for permitting industrial installations, with an emphasis on minimizing pollution. http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/ippc/index.htm

Packaging Waste Directive - EU. The original Council Directive was issued in December 2004. It harmonizes national measures on the management of packaging and packaging wastes and establishes recycling goals. http://www.europa.eu.int/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l21207.htm

PVCs- EU. The EU issued a Green Paper in 2000 on risk associated with uses of PVC in products and waste disposal issues. The EU Commission passed a resolution in 2001calling for integrated action on PVCs, consistent with the End -of-Life Vehicles Directive.

Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) - EU. The European Union’s REACH Directive gives greater responsibility to industry to manage the risks from chemicals and to provide safety information on the substances. http://ec.europa.eu/environment/chemicals/reach/reach_intro.htm

ROHS Directive - EU. The ROHS Directive, issued in January 2003 in conjunction with the WEE Directive, restricts the use of certain hazardous substances in electronic and electrical equipment. http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/waste/weee_index.htm

Rotterdam Convention - United Nations. The Rotterdam Convention, which came into force in February 2004, makes prior informed consent (PIC) legally binding to assist importing countries identify chemicals and pesticides they cannot safely manage. http://www.pic.int/

Stockholm Convention on Persistent and Organic Pollutants (POPs) - United Nations. The POPs Convention, which entered into force in May 2004, is a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from chemicals that remain in the environment for long periods of time and are widely distributed. http://www.pops.int/

WEE Directive - EU. The Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEE), issued in January 2003 in conjunction with the ROHS Directive, prevents the generation of wastes from these sources and encourages their recovery, reuse, and recycling. http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/waste/weee_index.htm

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